ARE YOU EATING YOUR NEW POTATOES YET ?

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jimtheworzel

May 27, 2011, 16:52:45
dug up a root today, fish and chips tonight  yummy !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71kww4gZt5g

jimtheworzel

May 27, 2011, 16:52:45

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May 27, 2011, 17:14:31
Yes, just had some, firkled from under my Home Guard, leaving the plant to grow on thanks to a tip from on here, not wasted them on chips though! With salad and a dob of butter - heavenly.

cornykev

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May 27, 2011, 17:15:29
I dug mine on Monday Jimbo, steamed with garden mint and lashins of butter, I won't be wasting my first newies on chips.    :P
MAY THE CORN BE WITH YOU.

Morris

#3
May 27, 2011, 17:17:52
Yup, first on Tuesday. Steamed with salad. Yummy  ;D

SamLouise

#4
May 27, 2011, 17:36:27
Quote from: jimtheworzel on May 27, 2011, 16:52:45
dug up a root today, fish and chips tonight  yummy !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71kww4gZt5g

Mmmmm, fish and chips with chips made from new potatoes <drool> Sounds delish, what time's dinner?  :P

tonybloke

#5
May 28, 2011, 11:25:42
been eating this yrs spuds for a fortnight. ;)
You couldn't make it up!

1066

#6
May 28, 2011, 14:44:44
had the 1st batch of red Duke of York the other night  ;D

Nigel B

#7
May 28, 2011, 18:43:55
Quote from: tonybloke on May 28, 2011, 11:25:42
been eating this yrs spuds for a fortnight. ;)
Me too.
Variety: Rocket.... A bit knobbly, but delicious all the same.  :)
"Carry on therefore with your good work.  Do not rest on your spades, except for those brief periods which are every gardeners privilege."

InfraDig

#8
May 28, 2011, 19:30:32
Yes, a couple of weeks. Rocket and Charlotte from planters, and Rocket from the garden.

tim

#9
May 28, 2011, 19:40:22
Yes - a firkle with Casablanca, planted mid-March.

But chips? Good God - what sacrilege!!

Alex133

#10
May 28, 2011, 19:41:33
Eating since last Sunday - absolutely gorgeous. (Foremost)

davyw1

#11
May 28, 2011, 21:16:02
And there is me just looking at the flowers starting to emerge.
When you wake up on a morning say "good morning world" and be grateful

DAVY

tim

#12
May 29, 2011, 07:00:09
Don't wait for flowers on earlies!!

cornykev

#13
May 29, 2011, 10:05:23
I usually know mine are ready after the flowers start to emerge on earlies.   ;D
MAY THE CORN BE WITH YOU.

antipodes

#14
May 30, 2011, 10:46:36
Yes, Belle de Fontenay, but they are quite small. We have had no rain for the last 2 months...
2012 - Snow in February, non-stop rain till July. Blight and rot are rife. Thieving voles cause strife. But first runner beans and lots of greens. Follow an English allotment in urban France: http://roos-and-camembert.blogspot.com

petemac

#15
May 30, 2011, 13:09:51
I put my pre-chitted Pentland Javelins in my raised bed early  2nd april and  the plants are approx 14 inches high but no flowers yet shall i wait for the flowers to emerge before picking?
thanks

tim

#16
May 30, 2011, 13:19:16
Read my lips........ NO need!!

If, at the worst, you dig a whole root, take what's there - if - & replant.

Ellen K

#17
May 30, 2011, 13:25:22
Well, 8 weeks to crop is a bit fast but no harm in digging one plant up and see what you get.

Perhaps a small collection of nice salad potatoes for Bank Holiday tea?

I planted mine about the same time and am trying to be patient but I will be digging this week, ready or not  ;D

petemac

#18
May 30, 2011, 13:32:51
Thank you Denby for YOUR informative reply......

tim

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May 30, 2011, 13:34:59 Last Edit: May 30, 2011, 13:38:12 by tim
Yes - looking at it again, 8 weeks is a bit shorter than mine! And 14" isn't much.

But the fact of not waiting for flowers remains.

And that's MY - helpful - reply!!
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